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1989 Never Happened: MN Hosts Harvard

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Nothing on ineptitude on google. I think I created the word, right after Al Gore and I created the internet.
 
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RedFreak said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/sports/hockey/11harvard.html

Just sayin'.
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Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”
 
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Stauber1 said:
Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”
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Really? 'Cause I liked the part about how this year's freshmen were supposed to turn the team around... :D :eek:
 
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Stauber1 said:
Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”
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I love Cleary's idealism, I really do. He's a great man, and legend of our game.

But that toothpaste is out of the tube already and has been for years. I think that big time D-I athletics in revenue sports has morphed from a part of the educational process to a pre-professional training ground in and of itself, much as a college education has advanced from a luxury for the rich few to a pre-professional training ground today.

In Cleary's college days in the mid 1950s, 10% of Americans went to college, and Harvard was mostly an exclusive WASP bastion for men, and Harvard Hockey was a game played for serious fun by prep school grads. For most Harvard players of that era, Harvard and perhaps the Olympics was as good it got for a Harvard player.

Today, 65% of Americans are going to college, and Harvard has been transformed into much better school and more of a meritocracy for all different types of smart people, most training for their careers. And Harvard Hockey has evolved to effectively train a player for professional hockey, just as the B-school can prepare effective executives and the Divinity school trains effective clergy.

We're not going back to feel good era of the malt shop, letter sweaters and sock-hops. We have D-III and Club hockey for that. Harvard students are serious about their futures in all areas, and I have no problem with that extending to hockey players, either.
 
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Stauber1 said:
Best quote in that piece:
“It’s a shame because we’re getting away from the real meaning of athletics being a part of the educational process,” Cleary said, his voice rising in frustration, “and it bothers me. I’m not sure it’s the right thing. In fact, I know it’s the wrong thing. We’re getting away from what college athletics is all about. It’s a joke.”
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Hey, at least the Harvard players write their own term papers.
 
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Puck Swami said:
We're not going back to feel good era of the malt shop, letter sweaters and sock-hops. We have D-III and Club hockey for that. Harvard students are serious about their futures in all areas, and I have no problem with that extending to hockey players, either.
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I'm going to the next St. Johns game! I love malts, letter sweaters and sock-hops!
 
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Dirty said:
I'm going to the next St. Johns game! I love malts, letter sweaters and sock-hops!
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and that's how I sold my wife on joining me for the games this weekend....I'm in trouble now...;)
 
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We're here above Mariucci Arena getting ready for our broadcast. Our pregame will start 7:45 EST and will feature some player and coach quotes. Tune in... 95.3FM and whrb.org (hi and low bandwidth streams available).
 
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I know 1989 happened, and I was 5 when it did. It was the game started my obsession with hockey, and Gopher hockey in particular. That game was amazing.
 
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